859 St Albans Road Watford WD25 0LH
Approved on 6 March 2026
Council decision: Biodiversity Gain Plan ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Details submitted for Biodiversity Gain Plan condition pursuant to planning permission 25/01007/FUL
- Received
- 20 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Stanborough
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 14 days
About this application
This is a planning application at 859 St Albans Road Watford WD25 0LH. Watford has handled 3,441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 5 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Stanborough. We hold 498 applications in total for the WD25 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- WD25 0LH
- Application type
- Biodiversity Gain Plan Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Naomi Baker 51-52 St. John's Square London EC1V 4JL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14716846
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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